Delightful and very rare “Skat Paradox” deck, featuring striking designs by artist Siegfried Heilmeier c.1983. It was made in a limited edition of only 70 decks, of which this is no. 52. I assume that the cards were self-published by the artist. The court cards are single image, but reversible. That is, each card has 1 image but 2 faces, and the image changes depending upon which end is “up.”

The deck has the usual 32 suited cards of a skat deck, plus 3 Jokers. The cards are long, measuring 96mm x 60mm, and come in the original packaging which consists of cardboard wrap inside a sleeve.